Baltimore County, MD Social Statistics
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Baltimore county maryland dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 201,904 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 13,741 | 6.8 |
Kindergarten | 9,624 | 4.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 84,510 | 41.9 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 40,867 | 20.2 |
College or graduate school | 53,162 | 26.3 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 511,434 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 24,907 | 4.9 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 55,147 | 10.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 141,035 | 27.6 |
Some college, no degree | 105,147 | 20.6 |
Associate degree | 28,857 | 5.6 |
Bachelor's degree | 92,487 | 18.1 |
Graduate or professional degree | 63,854 | 12.5 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 84.3 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 30.6 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 605,902 | 100.0 |
Never married | 166,937 | 27.6 |
Now married, except separated | 320,923 | 53.0 |
Separated | 16,777 | 2.8 |
Widowed | 46,773 | 7.7 |
Female | 38,405 | 6.3 |
Divorced | 54,492 | 9.0 |
Female | 33,276 | 5.5 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 15,273 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 6,087 | 39.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 575,336 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 77,211 | 13.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 161,433 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 13,370 | 8.3 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 433,820 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 73,758 | 17.0 |
Percent employed | 63.8 | (X) |
No disability | 360,062 | 83.0 |
Percent employed | 81.9 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 106,664 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 40,666 | 38.1 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 709,509 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 412,437 | 58.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 282,693 | 39.8 |
Same county | 130,282 | 18.4 |
Different county | 152,411 | 21.5 |
Same state | 109,694 | 15.5 |
Different state | 42,717 | 6.0 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 14,379 | 2.0 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 754,292 | 100.0 |
Native | 700,508 | 92.9 |
Born in United States | 695,054 | 92.1 |
State of residence | 517,366 | 68.6 |
Different state | 177,688 | 23.6 |
Born outside United States | 5,454 | 0.7 |
Foreign born | 53,784 | 7.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 24,550 | 3.3 |
Naturalized citizen | 28,791 | 3.8 |
Not a citizen | 24,993 | 3.3 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 53,784 | 100.0 |
Europe | 16,437 | 30.6 |
Asia | 21,073 | 39.2 |
Africa | 5,422 | 10.1 |
Oceania | 183 | 0.3 |
Latin America | 9,474 | 17.6 |
Northern America | 1,195 | 2.2 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 709,509 | 100.0 |
English only | 641,282 | 90.4 |
Language other than English | 68,227 | 9.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 25,526 | 3.6 |
Spanish | 16,694 | 2.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 5,991 | 0.8 |
Other Indo-European languages | 30,877 | 4.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 10,768 | 1.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 14,304 | 2.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 7,362 | 1.0 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 754,292 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 818,570 | 108.5 |
Arab | 2,652 | 0.4 |
Czech1 | 7,188 | 1.0 |
Danish | 1,312 | 0.2 |
Dutch | 8,263 | 1.1 |
English | 71,030 | 9.4 |
French (except Basque)1 | 13,955 | 1.9 |
French Canadian1 | 2,567 | 0.3 |
German | 166,176 | 22.0 |
Greek | 6,558 | 0.9 |
Hungarian | 3,303 | 0.4 |
Irish1 | 110,433 | 14.6 |
Italian | 53,637 | 7.1 |
Lithuanian | 4,142 | 0.5 |
Norwegian | 2,805 | 0.4 |
Polish | 46,456 | 6.2 |
Portuguese | 819 | 0.1 |
Russian | 17,382 | 2.3 |
Scotch-Irish | 9,296 | 1.2 |
Scottish | 11,709 | 1.6 |
Slovak | 1,873 | 0.2 |
Subsaharan African | 10,742 | 1.4 |
Swedish | 3,698 | 0.5 |
Swiss | 1,086 | 0.1 |
Ukrainian | 4,603 | 0.6 |
United States or American | 38,192 | 5.1 |
Welsh | 6,173 | 0.8 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 5,454 | 0.7 |
Other ancestries | 207,066 | 27.5 |
(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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